Tanya Mosley

I got to play a clip to give people kind of a grounding of this. The thing about the Gemstone kids is that... I don't think anybody ever really talks the way they do, and yet they kind of feel really believable.

I got to play a clip to give people kind of a grounding of this. The thing about the Gemstone kids is that... I don't think anybody ever really talks the way they do, and yet they kind of feel really believable.

So this clip I'm about to play is from season two, and it's the three siblings, you, your sister, played by Edie Patterson, and your brother, played by Adam Devine, and you all are standing by. this statue of your late mother. And you've got this announcement to make that soon you will be the head of the church. And of course, the three of you start fighting. Your character speaks first.

So this clip I'm about to play is from season two, and it's the three siblings, you, your sister, played by Edie Patterson, and your brother, played by Adam Devine, and you all are standing by. this statue of your late mother. And you've got this announcement to make that soon you will be the head of the church. And of course, the three of you start fighting. Your character speaks first.

So this clip I'm about to play is from season two, and it's the three siblings, you, your sister, played by Edie Patterson, and your brother, played by Adam Devine, and you all are standing by. this statue of your late mother. And you've got this announcement to make that soon you will be the head of the church. And of course, the three of you start fighting. Your character speaks first.

Let's listen.

Let's listen.

Let's listen.

That was a scene from season two of The Righteous Gemstones. And my guest today is creator and star of the show, Danny McBride. Okay, first off, Danny, take me inside your brain. What do you know about Bye, Felicia?

That was a scene from season two of The Righteous Gemstones. And my guest today is creator and star of the show, Danny McBride. Okay, first off, Danny, take me inside your brain. What do you know about Bye, Felicia?

That was a scene from season two of The Righteous Gemstones. And my guest today is creator and star of the show, Danny McBride. Okay, first off, Danny, take me inside your brain. What do you know about Bye, Felicia?

Yeah. I was wondering because, you know, this show came out around the same time as HBO's Succession. And it's like they're two sides of the same coin in a way in the fact that there are these dysfunctional siblings who are fighting over who will inherit the empire. And they're like really, really stunted. None of them are equipped to do that. Do you see the similarities there?

Yeah. I was wondering because, you know, this show came out around the same time as HBO's Succession. And it's like they're two sides of the same coin in a way in the fact that there are these dysfunctional siblings who are fighting over who will inherit the empire. And they're like really, really stunted. None of them are equipped to do that. Do you see the similarities there?

Yeah. I was wondering because, you know, this show came out around the same time as HBO's Succession. And it's like they're two sides of the same coin in a way in the fact that there are these dysfunctional siblings who are fighting over who will inherit the empire. And they're like really, really stunted. None of them are equipped to do that. Do you see the similarities there?

Really?

Really?

Really?

One of the through lines, in addition to like trying to inherit an empire, the thing that you do in The Righteous Gemstones is all of the children absolutely adore and worship the memory of their mama. And that love feels so authentic. The mother wound they obviously have by her loss, it almost feels like it's what makes them good and redeemable.

One of the through lines, in addition to like trying to inherit an empire, the thing that you do in The Righteous Gemstones is all of the children absolutely adore and worship the memory of their mama. And that love feels so authentic. The mother wound they obviously have by her loss, it almost feels like it's what makes them good and redeemable.

One of the through lines, in addition to like trying to inherit an empire, the thing that you do in The Righteous Gemstones is all of the children absolutely adore and worship the memory of their mama. And that love feels so authentic. The mother wound they obviously have by her loss, it almost feels like it's what makes them good and redeemable.